[2020] KEHC 503 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant, being a repeat offender within a span of one year and having served only a short period of his sentence, did not merit a revision of sentence. The sentence imposed by the trial court was both lawful and lenient, and the applicant was considered a threat to social harmony. The...
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- Citation
- [2020] KEHC 503 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Richard Otieno Ooko; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Siaya
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision E025 of 2020
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Revision, Repeat Offender, Probation Report
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Richard Otieno Ooko
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant is entitled to a revision of sentence given his status as a repeat offender.
- 2 Whether the sentence imposed was lawful and appropriate in the circumstances.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant, being a repeat offender within a span of one year and having served only a short period of his sentence, did not merit a revision of sentence. The sentence imposed by the trial court was both lawful and lenient, and the applicant was considered a threat to social harmony. The court emphasized the need for full rehabilitation in prison before reintegration into society, and thus dismissed the application for revision.
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application for revision of sentence is rejected and dismissed.
- File closed.
Full Case Text
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17 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA
AT SIAYA
CRIMINAL REVISION NO. E025 OF 2020
RICHARD OTIENO OOKO........................................................................................PETITIONER
VERSUS
REPUBLIC.....................................................................................................................RESPONDENT
(Being an application for revision of sentence in Siaya PMC Criminal Case No.223 of 2020
dated 2. 9.2020 before Hon. J. Ong’ondo – P.M.)
RULING
1. As the applicant was a repeat offender in a span of one year, following the Probation Officer’s Social Inquiry Report and as he has been in Prison for barely three months, I find the request for revision of sentence not merited. The sentence was lawful and lenient. The Convict is a threat to social harmony. Let him be fully rehabilitated in Prison before release into the Society.
2. The application for revision of sentence is rejected and dismissed.
3. File closed.
4. Orders accordingly.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT SIAYA THIS 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020
R.E. ABURILI
JUDGE